ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 A lawsuit against HCA Healthcare over emergency and cancer care at Mission Health will proceed after recent court rulings, Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s Office said in a July 28 news release.<\/p>\n
Jackson’s office said North Carolina Business Court Judge Julianna Earp ruled in favor of several of the attorney general’s arguments and denied most of HCA’s motion for summary judgment.<\/p>\n
NC ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN ANNOUNCES LAWSUIT AGAINST HCA HEALTHCARE<\/a><\/p>\n “HCA threw every argument against the wall to try to get this case thrown out, but they didn’t stick,” AG Jackson said in a written statement. “I’m grateful the judge saw through them. We’re going to trial, and I will keep fighting to defend emergency and cancer care in western North Carolina.”<\/p>\n The lawsuit, initially filed in 2023 by then-Attorney General Josh Stein<\/a>, accuses HCA Healthcare of failing to provide the emergency and cancer care it committed to when the for-profit company purchased Mission Health System in 2019.<\/p>\n Jackson’s office said Judge Earp rejected HCA’s request to avoid trial and agreed that the 2019 purchase agreement “requires HCA to take all steps necessary to actually provide” emergency and cancer services at Mission Hospital.<\/p>\n